Edge of Chaos Computation in Mixed-Mode VLSI - A Hard Liquid

Computation without stable states is a computing paradigm different fromTuring's and has been demonstrated for various types of simulated neural networks. This publication transfers this to a hardware implemented neural network. Results of a software implementation arereproduced showing that the performance peaks when the network exhibits dynamics at the edge of chaos. The liquid computing approach seems well suited for operating analog computing devices such as the used VLSI neural network.